After dealing with the Shut in the Balkans, Kara Ben-Nemsi ('Karl the German') receives a firman (precious passport) from the padishah (Ottoman sultan) before he continues his travels through Kurdistan. Achmed El Corda, the son of Halef's Hadedhin Beduin tribe's sheik Mohammed Emin, has been captured by the machredsh (Turkish governor) of Mossul for resisting water seizure by his Turkish troops. Kara takes charge of the rescue.

Lex Barker
as Kara Ben Nemsi

Marie Versini
as Ingdscha

Ralf Wolter
as Hadschi Halef Omar

Dieter Borsche
as Sir David Lindsay

Chris Howland
as Archibald

Đorđe Nenadović
as Machredsch of Mosul

Gustavo Rojo
as Ahmed El Corda

Werner Peters
as Mütesselin

Charles Fawcett
as Scheik Mohammed Emin / Scheik Kadir Bei

Wolfgang Lukschy
as Ali Bei